PHP integration
WHOIS Lookup with PHP
Use this PHP example to call GET /v1/lookup with an API key. This page contains a language-specific snippet, auth notes and links back to full docs — not a thin doorway duplicate.
What you need
- An API Seeker key (Free plan is enough to start)
- Base URL
https://whois.apiseeker.com - Path
/v1 - Header authentication via
X-SEEKER-Key
PHP example
PHP
<?php
$ch = curl_init("https://whois.apiseeker.com/v1/lookup");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["X-SEEKER-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;Expected response shape
JSON
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"domain": "apiseeker.com",
"whois": {
"status": "configured upstream"
}
},
"request_id": "req_example"
}